Ὄϊς
ewe, ram
Translated by Catharine Roth27 Apr 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] goat, or sheep.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄϊς· αἴξ, ἢ πρόβατον.
Betacode
*)/oi+s: ai)/c, h)\ pro/baton.
Notes
- Likerwise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius omicron147 Theodoridis.
Ancient i-stem noun, originally with digammao)/vis , cognate with Latin ovis and English "ewe."
cf. omicron 90, omicron 95, omicron 98, omicroniota 103, omicroniota 168.
Linked from4 entries
- ο88Ὀΐoi!It is an exclamation of those who feel grief and displeasure; also those who are afraid say this.
- ο90Ὀΐεσσιfor rams, to rams, with rams; for ewes, to ewes, with ewes[Meaning] for/to/with sheep.
- ο95Ὄϊνewe, ram[Meaning a] sheep. "The ewe, o Demeter who-presides-over-the-furrows, and the hornless calf [Krethon sacrifices to you]." In the Epigrams.
- ο98Ὄϊοςram's, of a ram; ewe's, of a ewe[Meaning] sheep's/of a sheep. Thus Ionians, but Attic speakers [say] ois. And Ionians [say] o-in [two syllables], but Attic speakers oin [one syllable]. And [there is] a proverb: 'a sheep [shows] the knife'. In…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 23 Jun 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- added cross-references — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth